This page is for those who would like to explore the backdrop to the Old Masters painting controversy after reading David Hockney's unpublished fax to the New York Times ("Returning to the Hand," introduced by Lawrence Weschler in the Dec. 04/Jan. 05 issue of the Believer).

In addition to delving into Hockney's Secret Knowledge volume, please find:

• the 2004 New York Times article that inspired Hockney's fax

• Weschler's 2000 New Yorker piece on the early stages of the theory

• Weschler's 2002 ArtKrush piece on the same subject, with illustrations and photos

Also of interest are:

• Charles Falco's website

• David Stork's website

• Stork's huge and lavish exposition of his theory in the December 2004 Scientific American (584K PDF)